HP laptop batteries recall

After two reports of flaming laptop battery, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Thursday that Hewlett-Packard is voluntarily recalling 70,000 lithium-ion batteries that shipped with several models of its HP and Compaq laptops.
The recall affects nine models of HP Pavilions, nine models of Compaq Presarios, two models of HPs, and one HP Compaq laptop model sold between August 2007 and March 2008. There were two separate reports of batteries that "overheated and ruptured, resulting in flames/fire that caused minor property damage" but no injuries, according to the CPSC report.
HP is instructing consumers who may be part of the recall to remove the battery from their notebook and contact HP to find out if theirs is affected. HP says it will provide a free replacement battery. For more information, see HP's Battery Replacement Program site.
The most recent incident involved 100,000 Sony-made batteries faulted for overheating late last year. HP had sold 32,000 of the affected batteries in its laptops. But that was tiny by comparison to the massive recall caused by Sony batteries in 2006.
I just hope there is increased scrutiny by all concerned over the reliability of the lithium-ion batteries being produced since this began. But you can still use other laptop battery, like:Dell Inspiron 6400 battery(11.1V Capacity: 6600mAh )Toshiba PA3465U-1BRS batteryoriginal(10.8V )Dell Latitude D620 Battery(4400mAh)HP PB995A battery(Voltage: 10.8V Capacity: 8800MAH )HP NC6400 battery(11.1V Capacity: 4400mAh )